Frosted - Making of

Now I will need an excellent free fractal software called ContextFree, available at http://www.ozonehouse.com/ContextFree/ . I used it to create around 30 fractals similar to shown here.

Then copy all these fractals to your photoshop file, and distribute them around, so that they fill entire image. Then merge all layers containing fractals so that they are all in one layer.

Set this layer blend mode to overlay. If it is not bright enough, duplicate layer.

There is a filter that will give us the frosted look that we need. Go to Filter menu - Distort - Glass, and adjust the filter settings to your liking. The result would be similar to shown here.

Create another fractal, copy it to photoshop, invert (from black to white) and move to the edge of image, so that only part of fractal is visible.

Repeat 4 times :)

Photoshop has nice shape tool (U key) which I use very often. Create your own snowflake shape, or choose from custom shapes menu. Then apply some bevel and shadow (not much though).

You can then use small white brush to add some smaller snowflakes, with the same layer effects (bevel and shadow).

We're almost ready! There is only one important step left. Merge entire file into single layer (you can hit Ctrl-Shift-E but make sure to save a copy of PSD before that, in case you need to make changes later). Then, duplicate layer (Ctrl-J) and apply Gaussian Blur filter. Then, set this layer opacity to 30-40%. This will give us nice glow" effect."

Коментари {43}

DustBustотдавнаFor anyone confused on how he "made" that cool squiggle design:
If you download the context-free program, when you open it there will be tabs up top. Select the "Examples" tab and select "Tangle" from the drop-down menu. Render, and enjoy!
BTW, SUPPORT CONTEXT-FREE WITH ALL YOUR SOUL! It is really a divine accomplishment. And it's for FREE, no less!!

bammyотдавнаThe ContextFree software ... could you do a quick step by step on how to use this... rather how you achieved that look please??

secret sayотдавнаvery very good work good to Know real art can still be found on the web

justinотдавнаthank you vlad. but i was hoping youd go more in-depth with the fractal program...im having trouble with it...mind shedding some light on it?

AnupотдавнаVlad,
it's a nice wallpaper. But i'm facing a problem in following the tutorial. Can you tell me, how can i insert the fractal in photoshop?
Best Regards/ (Y)

Vlad GerasimovотдавнаAnup, justin: here's what I did to move fractal from Contextfree to Photoshop:
* as Moo said, open "tangle" example, click Render button several times until you get the one I liked, right-click on it, choose render to size, wait, then right-click and choose save image. Save to some temporary PNG file. Open it in Photoshop. Copy and paste to new temporary image. Then remove white (Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, Q, Ctrl-V, Q, Del), then invert (Ctrl-I). More info about removing white at http://www.vladstudio.com/photoshoptutorials/?13

justinотдавнаhey vlad, i just saw where you got your snowflake from. i just made a wallpaper, and i was wondering if you would take a look at it for me, and maybe give me some feedback. let me know.

sandra8 Януари 2008hi. I love this frostal wall paper, but I still have one problem making it.. after you put the white fractals all over the paper, the fractals are different and I don't know how to get there...so:
1. How do I change the white fractal layer?
2. What settings do I need to use in the distort glass filter?
I'm sorry, that I have to simple questions, but I'm from Germany, and since in my German photoshop there are different commands... and I'm also pretty new with photoshop. Thanks for the help and the great tutorials!

Mistee17 Октомври 2010This is lovely, and I have downloaded the contextfree program, as I wish to make fractals myself, but I am at a loss as how to use it. I hope one day you will make a tutorial on how to do this. Lovely wallpaper, too. Very frosty!

hellomanотдавнаhi, the contextfree software link is broken, and i cannot find it anywhere, anyone can provide it to me? thks thks

cooldudeотдавна(Y) fantastic man

DustinотдавнаWow, that fractal program is incredible! Thanks a lot for the link to it! I'm having so much fun playing around with the codes!

MartinотдавнаHi, can you help me, how to use filtr - Glass? What settings use to get similar result as author? Thanks

robотдавнаI'm new to your work, and i was just looking through at your wallpapers, and at the begining of this tutorial, it looks a lot like emotion2 but it's blue...is it?
Anyway looks like you've been doing well with all your work, and i look forward to seeing more, keep up the good work, Thanks. :-)

saimaотдавнаVLAD,
you done a great job,that,s really according my favourite wallpaper,s site.almost daily i visit this site:-)

ChiотдавнаI love these tutorials :)

MooотдавнаYay! Now I can make it, too! hehehe
The fractal program is really neat, too... I think I'll be using it for my desktops in the future.
Thanks!

MooотдавнаI haven't figured out how to manipulate it yet, either, but I believe for this background he just used one of the examples, "tangle". To have the computer re-create another fractral, click "render" again. You can right click (ctrl click) and "save as" to keep it for furthur use. The code on the left side is still jibberish to me, though... :S Does anybody know what language it is?

AnupотдавнаVlad,
You've done a great help to me.
Thank u very much.(Y)

justinотдавнаthanks vlad for the clear up. that program has some very neat designs. i hope to see you use them in your future wallpaper...as for your snowflake. how did you create your own? im sorry for asking so many questions, but i love working with photoshop, and seeing how things are done with it.

samотдавнаgoood

PinoотдавнаBonjour!

newbieотдавнаreally love the program, but how do i copy it to my photoshop file? after i render it in context free ....
are there any other programs that i should know about ??